Mt. Katahdin Pizza Bubble

Portland Pie Co. is now selling pizza dough at our Yarmouth Hannaford! YEAH PIZZA NIGHT!

http://www.portlandpie.com/about-2/the-dough/

Check out the website - read about the dough and drool all that you like! We've have used this dough twice now and both times, very bubbly!

Tempeh Taco Tuesday!

Definitely shared this idea with you before, but never actually taken photos! We eat this at least twice a month, and sometimes twice a week! Low in fat, high in protein, Tempeh is made from slightly fermented soy beans, then squished into a cake. Sounds delicious right?

It is nutty, firm, a little crunch, and a lot of YUMMY! We just chop it up and treat it like ground beef. (We did add peppers, broccoli, onion and carrots to the mix! Added texture, flavor and yummy vitamins!)

We love our fillings when it comes to tacos - chunky red salsa, salsa verde, jalapenos, fresh greens, cheese and sour cream. This time, soft, whole grain tortillas. TRY THIS AT HOME! It tastes bad for you!

Just fold it up and eat it!

Bad Kitty? No! Not Marco!

Every time I take my little "flip-book-cookbook" off of the shelf, Marco is there watching. He waits until I walk away, and immediately his plan goes into action!

MISSION: REMOVE THE RUBBER BAND FROM BETH'S COOKBOOK SO THAT ALL LITTLE CLIPPED RECIPES WILL SCATTER ON THE FLOOR.

I have come home to find my book on the floor, recipes spilled, and rubber band in Marco's mouth! Finally on this day, he somehow successfully obtained the rubber band from the "high security" counter top and chewed it just right so it broke in two!

Funny, he doesn't have any urge to go after the cookbook now.

MISSION: COMPLETE!

Steak and Bleu Cheese - the usual!

Just FYI, Brian will eat steak and bleu cheese until the cows come home! Although, they will never come home if we are serving steak, and I think this is ok with Brian!

When we are lacking the drive to read cookbooks, this is often where we end up. Steak, asparagus and sometimes that is it - on this day though, roasted sweet potatoes joined the mix! Since we don't have a "sweet new grill" we just seared this steak in a pan. We started the potatoes early and watched a little bit of a movie, then took our lazy bodies back to the kitchen to finish up this delicious dinner.

Pigs in a Blanket

So in recent years I have learned that to make pigs in a blanket, you take a sausage and roll it up into a pancake. Well IHOP invented this! Yikes, I guess this might be why I never knew the term described pancakes. IHOP just wasn't on the list of chain restaurants that my family frequented. McDonalds, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken (before it was KFC), Bonanza, hmmmm... and every chinese restaurant we could get our hands on!

Anyway - back to the point! When I was young, my dad made pigs in a blanket, they looked like mini meatloaves wrapped in a cabbage leaf. I LOVE THIS! Tomatoes and ground beef and cabbage, all baked together....yummmmmmm... (That is another post for another day!)

Well, my newly discovered - IHOP Pigs in a Blanket. Homemade buttermilk pancakes, breakfast sausage links from the very fine and dandy Hannaford, and real Maine maple syrup.

(In case you haven't noticed - I LOVE PANCAKES!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_in_a_blanket

Read what Wikipedia has to say about Pigs in a Blanket! I love that website - I know it doesn't always have the answer, but it sure is fun to see what you find!

Farfalle, Zucchini and Scallops at chez B&B

Onion, lemon zest, zucchini, olive oil, garlic, S&P. Add some Farfalle pasta and voila! Another Moosewood recipe, easy, light and healthy!!

Add a few seared scallops and Marco gives this dish 2 thumbs up! We know that cooking seafood is a great idea - unfortunately, it doesn't happen as often as it should. Summer always helps with this! A warm summer breeze, a visit to the ocean... let's have LOBSTER!

Pickled Red Grapes with Bleu Cheese

I bought Brian a cook book for Valentine's day. So I guess we have had it for a while!

Gourmet Game Night - by Cynthia Nims

We sell this book at the Home Store - and it has a bunch of yummy recipes!! Honestly, we just need to have a party so we can make more of them. This was a simple recipe and it was quick too.

By the way - we made these way back on 4/2/11 - I am just a little behind again!